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From: sysmgr@KING.ENG.UMD.EDU (Doug Mohney)
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Subject: Re: Mario Bothers
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Date: 18 Jul 90 22:20:46 GMT
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>>I don't have any specifics, but in talking with a person or two who's actually
>worked on these things over the years, it's evident that they can be pretty 
>sophisticated as compared with your average Nintendo box.  I've heard of 6809 
>or 68000 machines with dedicated sprite engines and machines with dualing 
>68000s.  There are also some machines out there with Amiga 500 motherboards 
>in them, which could obviously simplify at least the Amiga home version of 
>the game.
>>-- 
>Dave Haynie Commodore-Amiga (Amiga 3000) "The Crew That Never Rests"
>	"I have been given the freedom to do as I see fit" -REM

Oh? WHich machines? ;-) I've never heard of Commodore OEMing their motherboards
to game companies...